[mohaa] rcon commands

[Eduardo E. Silva]

Ok, this happened for almost an hour! everytime I connected I was disconnected
right away! As far as I know there is not disconnect command from the console
right ? Only kill, killclient etc. How about game restarting ? Sometimes 4-5
time in a row right after the game starts? Will the restarting be 'caused' by
an admin that wants to get a strategic position at the beginning of the game
to get a nice spot to kill players on other team ? Specially in maps like the
Hunt and V2 ?

Ed Silva
Silvex Consulting Inc.
(714) 504-6870 Cell

[-SF-]Shockwave said:
> Hello Eduardo,
>
> If someone is kicked, times out, or disconnects, you will get messages that
> will show up in the game server log.  The best content is derived from
> setting the developer cvar to "2".  Unfortunately, none of these messages
> have any IP address information associated with them.
>
> The server administration tool I developed uses this same log information to
> identify players and track their connections to the server.  By parsing the
> log data, it is possible to identify players as they connect and kick them.
> This is how I have been able to successfully implement name and IP bans.
> Even using this method, the log will record the events.  If you are looking
> to debug what is happening, the first thing I would do is set the
> "developer" cvar to "2" and ensure that the server is generating a log.  By
> looking at the log file, you should be able to see what commands have been
> issued.
>
> Anyone who is kicked will show a 'broadcast: print "console: <playername>
> has been kicked"' message if it was done with a server command.  Anyone
> whose ping is too high will have messages sent to the log indicating their
> connection was rejected due to a high ping.  Players who time out also have
> similar messages that are recorded.  If an individual player issues a
> command while connected to the server, a line is generated in the log that
> begins with "clientCommand: <playername> : <command sequence number> :
> <command name> <arguments>".  There are also detailed connection messages
> that report on the multiple stages of how a player negotiates a connection
> to the server.
>
> I wouldn't immediately discount latency as a possible cause for some of
> these occurrences.  I have seen instances where LAN connections have been
> rejected due to high pings even with max ping set to "400" across a 100baseT
> connection when everyone's pings are normally below 20ms.  Your best bet is
> to enable the most detailed logging you can and go through it carefully
> after something strange happens.  If it is someone using game server
> commands, you'll know.
>
>
> Shockwave
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eduardo E. Silva" <esilva at silvex.com>
> To: <mohaa at icculus.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [mohaa] rcon commands
>
>
>> You probaly meant 'antiboot'. Most players (99.9%) are connected via
>> DSL/Cable/T1 so the latency might not be an issue. My question is:
>>
>> 1.- When loggin is enabled are commands such as: kick, disconnect and
> restart
>> commands logged?
>>
>> 2.- How are they logged ? IP address, admin name ? etc ?
>>
>> Ed Silva
>> Silvex Consulting Inc.
>> (714) 504-6870 Cell
>>
>> Michael Johnson said:
>> > It is far more likely that an antoboot is occuring due to latency.  Hard
> to
>> > believe someone is getting there jollys by doing manual booting.  I  can
> see
>> > it happening once in a while, but not too often.  Besides, given  the
> number
>> > of cheaters, why boot decent players?
>> >
>> > MJ
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Eduardo E. Silva wrote:
>> >
>> >>I have been playing on a public server MOH. This a popular clan which I
>> >> will keep their name to CLAN just to be cool. Lately there has been
> players
>> >> complaining (even CLAN's member) that you get disconnected a lot.
> Sometimes
>> >> you try to re-connect after being disconnected and just get
> disconnected
>> >> right away or during the connection when you are loading the map.
>> >>
>> >>Some players suggested that someone (aka hacker) is sending Dos attacks
> on
>> >> the server probably using BOINK and or TEARDROP and thus causing the
>> disconnects. I know that any NT box with SP3 or later will be fixed
> from
>> >> these attacks, since Microsoft provided fixes long time ago -- Linux is
> not
>> >> prone to these attacks. This box is a Windows 2000, and don't know
> which
>> >> SPs has installed -- it is hosted by a well known company.
>> >>
>> >>Now lets say that 'someone' with rcon password acces is typing the
>> >> commands: kick, restart, disconnect on purpose at the console remotely
> thru
>> >> rcon commands. How and where are these commands recorded on the logs ?
> If
>> >> logging is enable...
>> >>
>> >>Will they show from which IP were send ?
>> >>
>> >>Ed Silva
>> >>Silvex Consulting Inc.
>> >>(714) 504-6870 Cell
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>